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Jan 19, 2024

Baltics To Build Joint Fortifications Along Russian, Belarus Borders

Learning lessons from Russia’s full-on invasion of Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will build joint border defenses.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to create joint defensive fortifications along the borders with Russia and Belarus.

BYTHOMAS NEWDICK

Jan 19, 2024

Russia Now Using Giant Soviet-Era Ground-Launched Anti-Ship Missile To Attack Ukraine

Use of the supersonic anti-ship missile — likely a 3M44 — for land attack highlights shortfalls in the Russian standoff missile inventory.

Russian soviet-era anti-ship missile wreckage in Ukraine.

BYOLIVER PARKEN

Jan 19, 2024

Cold War Bunker Turned Mansion In Missouri Can Be Yours

The 1960s underground bunker has been fully renovated, allowing its owner to live out Armageddon in the lap of luxury.

Composite image of the exterior and interior of a nuclear communications bunker

BYHOWARD ALTMAN

Jan 18, 2024

Red Sea Ship Attacks Continue After Super Hornets Strike Missiles

This is the third day in a row that the U.S. has carried out preemptive attacks against Houthi missiles being prepared to launch.

Super Hornets from the aircraft carrier Dwight David Eisenhower struck Houthi missile installations today.

BYTHOMAS NEWDICK

Jan 18, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Long-Range Drone Strikes Expand To St. Petersburg

A domestically produced long-range drone design struck the Russian city, as Ukraine promises a “new phase” in the conflict.

Ukraine's drone attacks expand to St. Petersburg

BYJOSEPH TREVITHICK

Jan 18, 2024

These Are France’s ‘Hammer’ Rocket-Assisted Bombs Ukraine’s Getting

France is planning to send 50 of these advanced weapons to Ukraine every month, but what jet will launch them is still unclear.

French authorities have pledged to send Ukrainian forces 50 Hammer rocket-boosted precision-guided bombs every month.

BYHOWARD ALTMAN

Jan 18, 2024

Armor Experts Breakdown Video Of Ukrainian M2 Bradley Mauling Russian T-90M Tank

Veteran armor experts explain the viral video showing Russia’s top tank in Ukraine getting torn-up by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

New video shows a Ukrainian Bradley Fighting Vehicle mauling a Russian T-90M Breakout tank.

BYTHOMAS NEWDICK

Jan 18, 2024

Pakistan Strikes Back At Iran, Targeting Militants Near Border

Pakistan has become the first nation to openly strike targets within Iranian borders since the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.

Pakistani army soldiers travel on vehicles carrying ballistic missiles and a drone during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2016. Pakistan National Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution, when a separate nation for the Muslims of The British Indian Empire was demanded on March 23, 1940.

BYHOWARD ALTMAN

Jan 17, 2024

Germany Votes Down Taurus Cruise Missiles For Ukraine

While the Taurus news is a blow to Ukraine, France has said it will provide another 40 SCALP-EG cruise missiles to Kyiv.

Germany's Bundestag voted down a proposal to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

BYHOWARD ALTMAN

Jan 17, 2024

New Strike On Houthi Missiles In Yemen Launched By U.S.

The U.S. strike today is the fourth against Houthi targets in Yemen and comes after another commercial ship was hit.

BYHOWARD ALTMAN

Jan 17, 2024

B-21 Raider Flight Testing Now Underway

The first B-21 is now flying test sorties from Edwards Air Force Base, where it arrived after its maiden flight late last year.

Flight testing of the B-21 Raider at Edwards Air Force Base in California is now underway.

BYOLIVER PARKEN

Jan 17, 2024

How Entombed U-boats Were Re-discovered Decades After WWII

Forgotten in the decades following World War II, the Nazi U-boats were re-discovered in their crumbling concrete bunker in the 1980s.

WWII U-boats pictured amid the ruins of the Elbe II U-boat shelter

BYJOSEPH TREVITHICK

Jan 17, 2024

‘FrankenSAM’ Systems Are Now Shooting Down Drones In Ukraine

Systems blending Western and Soviet parts, including repurposed air-to-air missiles, offer Ukraine added air defenses it desperately needs.

BYTHOMAS NEWDICK

Jan 17, 2024

British Eurofighter Finally Gets Advanced Swashplate AESA Radar

The long-awaited ECRS Mk 2 radar for the Royal Air Force promises to be a game-changer for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

As part of a £2.35 billion investment into upgrading Typhoon, a European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mark 2 Radar developed by Leonardo UK features a unique multi-functional array (MFA) which will allow Typhoon to simultaneously detect, identify, and track multiple targets in the air and on the ground plus perform electronic warfare tasks.

BYTYLER ROGOWAY

Jan 17, 2024

Red Sea Shoot-Downs Offer Hugely Valuable Lessons, Also Pose Big Intel Risk

An unprecedented amount of real-world data has come out of the shoot-downs around the Red Sea, but adversaries are also watching.

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Latest Articles

Baltics To Build Joint Fortifications Along Russian, Belarus Borders

Russia Now Using Giant Soviet-Era Ground-Launched Anti-Ship Missile To Attack Ukraine

Cold War Bunker Turned Mansion In Missouri Can Be Yours

Red Sea Ship Attacks Continue After Super Hornets Strike Missiles

Ukraine Situation Report: Long-Range Drone Strikes Expand To St. Petersburg

These Are France’s ‘Hammer’ Rocket-Assisted Bombs Ukraine’s Getting

Armor Experts Breakdown Video Of Ukrainian M2 Bradley Mauling Russian T-90M Tank

Pakistan Strikes Back At Iran, Targeting Militants Near Border

Germany Votes Down Taurus Cruise Missiles For Ukraine

New Strike On Houthi Missiles In Yemen Launched By U.S.

B-21 Raider Flight Testing Now Underway

How Entombed U-boats Were Re-discovered Decades After WWII

‘FrankenSAM’ Systems Are Now Shooting Down Drones In Ukraine

British Eurofighter Finally Gets Advanced Swashplate AESA Radar

Red Sea Shoot-Downs Offer Hugely Valuable Lessons, Also Pose Big Intel Risk

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